Big movie

The characterization tolerant which starred Tom Hanks is nearly a long dozen-year old boy named tantalise who wished t get into he were already an adult after he was refused from ace of the rides at a fair because he did not make the height limit. He wakes up one morning to find out that he was already all grown up. He rushes out of the theatre of operations after scaring his Mom who does not recognize him. With the help of his fri lay off Billy, he gets a job at a toy company and begins dismission through the life of an adult. Toward the end of the movie he realizes how overmuch he misses being a nestling.He wishes that he were a kid again and returns home to his mother. First of all, Big is a fantasy film. In real life, nobody could grow nightlong like what happened to josh without unreal intervention like the Zoltar wishing booth which helped Josh make his wish come true. While ceremony the film one could not but help wonder if Josh might be dreaming. Toward the end of the film, one realizes that the young boy was not dreaming at all when he slowly turns natural covering into the thirteen year old boy right before the eyes of his missy relay transmitter Susan whom he met at the toy company.In spite of it being a fantasy film, the movie which is all almost growing up was able to focus on one aspect of adolescence which is getting attracted to the opposite sex which is one tenability for Joshs desire to be all grown up. He becomes attracted to a young girl whom he tries to impress by attempting to get on one of the rides at the fair. Another aspect of adolescence that was have in the film is the desire of teenagers to free themselves from being a kid and have freedom from their p arnts.Just to refund the impression that he was all grown up Josh lied to his crush when he told her that he was all by himself at the fair. When Josh saw his crush, he got rid of the singular shark hat he was wearing just so he would not look funny in search of his crush which is what teenagers Joshs age would normally do. Another central aspect of adolescence is the rate by which girls mature compared to that of boys. Its a known fact that girls mature faster than boys. This was shown in that photo in the film where the grownup Josh brings his girl to his apartment which he shares with Billy.The girl expects to see a compositions room but instead she sees a room full of toys. The girl expects to have Josh make love to her the whole night but they end up jumping up and depressed on the trampoline. This slow rate of maturation on the part of the boys was also shown in that scene wherein his stamp caught Josh playing with one of the toys at a toy exhibit and how Josh and Billy fatigued the formers first pay on fun things rather than on more important items like clothes and aliment. The movie was able to depict the pain of leaving behind childhood things on the part of the boys.In spite of having achieved success in his present positio n in the toy company, Josh short felt a longing for the days when he was still thirteen years old. The movie shows him going back to his home town where he sort of envies two boys who were playing ball, his crush riding in the car with her boyfriend as well as with her other friends, and his school mates who were having fun with their work out being taken in front of the school. Because of the uncontrollable desire to be thirteen again he explains to his surprised girlfriend that he was a thirteen year old boy trapped in a mans body.This desire to go back to who he was before reaches its peak when during a presentation he walks out of the room, goes to his hometown and becomes the thirteen year old Josh again after putt in his wish in the Zoltar machine. The movie was able to depict the process of growth when boys, particularly go through the stage of adolescence. This was depicted in that scene when Josh stopped going out with his friend Billy because he wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend especially after he had his taste of first kiss and sex.Josh also discovers the importance of being responsible especially in the cognitive operation of ones job and the use of money. Tom Hanks did justice to the role of Josh who was acting as a kid in mans body. The actor was able to portray the innocence of Josh as he drowsyly discovered the things that grownups go through. The movie also had its funny moments too. There was that scene in the company party wherein Josh wore a funny looking tuxedo. As he tasted the food he was acting like a kid who just picks up the food without caring about what the other guests would say.Of course, the scene wherein Susans former boyfriend was presenting his new idea for a toy was funny too. While the presentation was going on, Josh was not able to resist the temptation of tinkering with the toy make that was supposed to transform into a robot. Since the movie is about the pains of growing up, counselors may use many scen es from the film for giving advice to troubled teenagers and their parents. For example, there are teenagers who think that they can grow up overnight just like what happened to Josh.Counselors can cite what happened to Josh to explain to them that growing up is a gradual process and is not easy to do. One of the things that growing up involves is giving up things like toys and consumption a lot of time with ones friends and making discoveries in life. To parents who are worried that their thirteen year old son is developing feelings of attraction, the counselor can use the movie to help the parents figure that it is but natural for boys who are as old as Josh to develop those kind of feelings.Sometimes parents are worried that their son or daughter is still acting like a child correct though he or she is already a teenager. The movie can help parents understand that sometimes mental age and physical age do not always travel down the highroad at the same pace as what happened to Josh who still continued like a kid in spite of being aware that he had already become a man. Overall the movie was not only entertaining but educational as well. References Mannheim, Jennifer. (2008). Puberty and Adolescence. Medline Plus. Retrieved from http//www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001950. htm.